Welcome to Daily Musings! First, some context. While the word “daily” might leave some of you expecting a new entry every day, this will not be the case. The reason for using this word has more to do with the fact that I tend to “muse” about one topic or another (sometimes more than one) on a daily basis, but that does not necessarily translate to writing about these musings on a daily basis. I feel so much better getting that off my chest! Unlike my Spinning Tales blog, which is dedicated to stories, essays, humor, etc., the entries on this blog will be shorter and focused on memorable events and things that, on a daily basis, make me (us?) scratch our heads and say: What? Some of the entries might even evoke a slightly stronger response with a deeper head scratching ending in the loud exclamation: WTF?
Vocabulary.com states: “Use the adjective musing to describe something that’s reflective or thoughtful, like a musing diary entry that explores the meaning of life.” While at this point in time I may have given up on exploring the “meaning of life,” I was intrigued by their use of “musing diary entry.” It got me thinking about how a diary is different than a blog. I feel that many, but not all, blogs are for some the electronic version of a diary; a place where people can articulate, pontificate, verbally masturbate, educate, elucidate, vent, rant and, as I appear to have run out of “ate” words, spill their guts. For me, what makes a diary different than a blog is the audience. Diaries are normally intended to be read by the author and no one else. Unless, of course, you reach a level of fame, your diaries are discovered fifty years after your demise in an abandoned mine shaft, and made into a six episode TV mini series, with a title like: “John Doe: The Untold Story!” A blog, on the other hand, is meant to be shared. While a blog can be private, or shared with only a small select audience, most blogs are just “out there” and read by a great number of people many of whom are unknown to the author.
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“I’ve Got My Finger On The Trigger”
The other day, I had a phone appointment with my G.P., which tells you right away that I’m from Canada as it stands for General Practitioner the Canadian version of P.C.P. – no not the drug Angel Dust – Primary Care Physician, although after the visit a mind-altering drug definitely sounded good. Apparently, I have…
A Standing Ovation! : Revisited
I understand that when something is normally “revisited,” it is after a longer period of time than 15 hours! I posted this musing, minus the revisited, yesterday before 4PM, and the last line of the piece made said the following: “wished that I had saved the clipping,” referring to the newspaper article about the “incident”…
A Standing Ovation!
A couple of weeks ago, my wife and I were talking about a five-day, four-night school trip with 38 7th graders (yes, you read that right!) she had just returned from. It was designed as a “civil rights” learning module, which took them to Atlanta, Georgia, as well as Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama. They visited…
Say What?
I have to admit that I am not what you would call a “fast learner” when it comes to learning a new language. And since I spent the first 33 years of my life as an English speaking person in a bilingual province (English/French), this did not bode well. It was so bad that I…
“The Delicate Art of Parking”
The other night I was getting some fresh air on the third-floor patio area of my building, which is really code for partaking in my nightly ritual; well, it was code when my step kids were young! A portion of the patio overlooks a loading bay area for a food wholesale business that doubles as…
Now, For Today’s Lesson…
How many times have you heard someone say: “That’s so ironic?” How many times have you said it yourself? You don’t have to tell me, it’s a rhetorical question! Let’s just say that it is an oft-used phrase along with its oft-used sibling in question form that begins: “Isn’t it ironic…” While there are many,…
Wait…What?
It was the spring of 2006. I had recently relocated to Los Angeles, and I was in my car running some errands when this white truck passed me on my left and then quickly pulled into my lane in front of me and there it was in broad daylight and big blue letters: CULVER CITY…
Did It Move You?
If you were one of the approximately 113 million people who tuned in to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday (Feb.12, 2023), you no doubt saw Chris Stapleton’s moving performance of The Star Spangled Banner. Unless, of course, you were busy putting the finishing touches on the array of unhealthy snacks to be served during…
If It’s Too Good To Be True…
…There is a very good chance that it isn’t! Just before the end of 2022, one of the big news items was the arrest of the former CEO of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried (even central casting couldn’t come up with a better name than that!), in the Bahamas. Since then, he has been extradited to the…
“OpenA(n)Eye”
The bold headline (Jan.24, 2023) in the L.A. Times reads: “Microsoft invests $10 billion in ChatGP maker OpenAI.” I had to read it twice to let it sink in, before I read the secondary nonbold headline: “With latest funding, the software giant will gain access to popular, advanced artificial intelligence systems.” Only eight days before…
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